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A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jamaica on Monday, prompting people to flee buildings amid heavy shaking that knocked out power in some areas but appeared to cause no serious damage. Food, wine ...
Radio host Cliff Hughes was in the middle of a live on-air interview when a earthquake began shaking his studio, prompting him to dive under his desk. The 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jamaica on ...
The Gonâve microplate, showing the main fault zones that bound it. The island of Jamaica lies on the boundary between the Caribbean plate and the Gonâve microplate.The Gonâve microplate is a 1,100 km (680 mi) long strip of mainly oceanic crust formed by the Cayman spreading ridge within a strike-slip pull-apart basin on the northern transform margin of the Caribbean plate with the North ...
The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale on Monday January 14, at about 3:30 p.m. local time (20:36 UTC), is described by the United States Geological Survey as one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history. [2]
Andrews, who hosts ESPN’s NBA Today and NBA Countdown, was interviewing basketball analyst Rebecca Lobo on Monday when a 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook ESPN’s Los Angeles studios.. There was a ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Major earthquakes in the Caribbean are infrequent and are sometimes accompanied by ... Damage 1993-01-13 Jamaica: 5.5 M ...
A major earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Taiwan early Wednesday, killing 9 and injuring at least 1,000. A 7.4 earthquake is exponentially more destructive than the 4.8 quake that struck central New ...
The largest earthquake in the Caribbean occurred on February 8, 1843; its estimated magnitude is 8.0-8.5 M w, and it caused 4,000–6,000 deaths and strong shaking that caused damage was felt from Sint Maarten to Dominica, even felt 2,000 km away in Washington (state) and Vermont.